west

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
2. The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
3. In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
2. (not-comparable) Of wind: from the west.
3. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the west; western.
4. (not-comparable) From the West; occidental.
5. (not-comparable) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.

Adv

Towards the west; westwards.

Verb

To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.

Concetti

ovest

occidente

ponente

occidentale

occaso

verso ovest

dell’ovest

Ovest

O.

tramonto

eclisse

espero

sinonimi

western

westward

westerly

West

sunset

westwards

occidental

east

west wind

occident

north

south

due west

W

northwest

Hesperian

Occident

western part

Western countries

people down west

above

people out west

down here

downhill

eclipse

inland

north-east

set

setting

southeast

south-west

square

sundown

under

universe

wind

Traduzioni

ouest

Westen

oeste

westen

δύση

oeste

occidente

occident

oest

batı

occidens

ocidente

poniente

west

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/wɛst/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: west

Ereditato da inglese antico: west

Affine scozzese: wast

Affine saterfriesisch: Wääste

Affine frisone occidentale: west

Affine olandese: west

Affine tedesco: West

Affine danese: vest

Affine francese antico: west

Affine francese: ouest

Affine spagnolo: oeste

Affine portoghese: oeste

Affine catalano: oest

Affine galiziano: oeste

Affine italiano: ovest

Affine latino: vesper

In summary

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian, Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese, Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish Gaelic feasgar (“afternoon, evening”), Latin vesper (“evening”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening; western”), Latvian vakars (“evening”), Lithuanian vakaras (“evening”), Czech, Slovak and Slovene večer (“evening”), Kashubian wieczór (“evening”), Polish wieczerz, wieczór (“evening”), Russian вечер (večer, “evening”), Serbo-Croatian вече, вечер, veče, večer (“evening”), Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”). Compare also Catalan oest (“west”), French ouest (“west”), Galician oeste, ueste (“west”), Italian ovest (“west”), Portuguese, Spanish oeste (“west”) (all ultimately borrowings of the Old English word).

Frasi

The village is also west of Manchester Airport .

Il villaggio è anche a ovest dell'aeroporto di Manchester.

Takauji and his brother were forced to retreat to the west .

The Workers Indoor Arena is located to the west of the stadium .

L'arena interna dei lavoratori si trova a ovest dello stadio.

It is located to the west of Yalta .

Si trova a ovest di Yalta.

The Shade River flows predominantly as three streams , its east , middle , and west branches .

Il fiume Shade scorre prevalentemente come tre corsi d'acqua, i suoi rami est, medi e ovest.

Buchanan grew up in the Victorian town of Colac, west of Melbourne .

Buchanan è cresciuto nella città vittoriana di Colac, a ovest di Melbourne.